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Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonAn Exploration of The Crucible through Seventeenth-Century Portraits
In this lesson, students incorporate analyses of characters from The Crucible with examinations of original seventeenth-century portraits of Puritans to create a visual portrait of the character. The project culminates in a "Portrait Gallery Walk" where students present and defend their artwork.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonIn Literature, Interpretation is the Thing
Students consider Shakespearean literature to be or not to be useful in a modern context when they analyze the relationship between text and reader interpretation.

Professional Development | Grades 9 – 12 | Professional Library | BookReading Shakespeare with Young Adults
Dakin explores different methods for getting students engaged--and excited--about Shakespeare's plays as they learn to construct meaning from the texts' sixteenth-century language and connect it to their twenty-first-century lives.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonRenaissance Humanism in Hamlet and The Birth of Venus
After reading Shakespeare's Hamlet, students identify, analyze, and explain how elements in Botticelli's painting Birth of Venus and examples from the play illustrate the philosophy of Renaissance Humanism.

Classroom Resources | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp April 12Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonTragic Love: Introducing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
This lesson introduces students to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by having them examine the ideas of tragedy and tragic love by connecting the story to their own lives.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonUnlocking the Underlying Symbolism and Themes of a Dramatic Work
This lesson plan invites students to consider characters from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Students explore a selected character and write poems about objects associated with that character.